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1/28/2005

Your penguin is buzzing

Motorola will introduce eight to 10 Linux smartphones in 2005, according to its Taiwanese division, as quoted by the DigiTimes, an IT-focused daily paper in Taiwan. More than a quarter of the company's new phone launches for the year will be Linux smartphones, the article says.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6234428742.html

Phone vendors pay about $12 per phone for Symbian, and more for Microsoft phone OSes. Linux development costs are estimated to be slightly higher initially, it suggests, but are recovered over time due to the huge volumes of mobile handsets, resulting in cost savings. Additionally, Linux can run on less expensive hardware, according to Openwave.